Malta is set to select a song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom through the national final Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2023, organised by the Maltese broadcaster Public Broadcasting Services (PBS). The process is already slated to continue after this year for future entries.
The competition will consist of four quarter-finals, a semi-final and a final, to be held in January and February 2023.
Artists and composers were able to submit their entries between 17 October 2022 and 31 October 2022. Songwriters from any nationality were able to enter as long as the artist performing would be Maltese or have Maltese citizenship.
The longest ‘shortlist’ ever
Artists were able to submit as many songs as they wished, however, they could only compete with one in the quarter-finals. 2022 Maltese Eurovision entrant Emma Muscat was unable to compete due to a rule that prevented the previous winner from competing in the following competition. The songs selected to compete in the quarter-finals were announced on 21 November 2022.
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Aidan | "Reġina" | Aidan Cassar, Boban Apostolov |
| Andre' | "Broken Hill" | Toby Farrugia, David Cassar Torreggiani, Andre' Portelli |
| Bradley Debono | "Blackout" | Christina Magrin |
| Brooke | "Checkmate" | Brooke Borg, Gerard James Borg, Christian Rabb, Dino Medanhodzic, Lukas Meijer |
| Cheryl Balzan | "La La Land" | David Cassar Torreggiani, Cheryl Balzan, Toby Farrugia |
| Chris Grech | "Indescribable" | Joakim Dubbelman, Gerard James Borg, Jesper Rune, Arve Furset |
| Christian Arding | "Eku ċar" | Jan van Dijck, Emil Calleja Bayliss |
| Clintess | "Lura qatt" | Dominic Cini, Etienne Micallef |
| Dan | "It'll Be OK" | Daniel Muscat Caruana |
| Dario | "Pawn in a Game" | Henric Pierroff, Emil Vaker, Karin Pierroff |
| Dario Bezzina | "Bridle Road" | Martin Älenmark, Darren Michaels, Charlie Mason |
| Dominic and Anna | "Whatever Wind May Blow" | Alexander Berger, Michael Tauben, Will Taylor, Jonas Gladnikoff |
| Eliana Gomez Blanco | "Guess What" | Ray Agius, Alfred C. Sant |
| Fabrizio Faniello | "Try to Be Better" | Johan Bejerholm |
| Francesca Sciberras | "Masquerade" | Marco Debono, Rita Pace |
| Geo Debono | "The Mirror" | Daniele Moretti, Natasha Turner, Niall Mooney |
| Giada | "I Depend on You" | Melanie Georgiou |
| Greta Tude | "Sound of My Stilettos" | Antoine Farrugia, Muxu, Cyprian Cassar |
| Haley | "Tik Tok" | Philip Vella, Gerard James Borg |
| Ian | "On My Own" | Melanie Georgiou |
| Jake | "Love You Like That" | Primož Poglajen, Jonas Gladnikoff, Michael James Down |
| James Louis | "Dream" | James Mifsud |
| Jason Scerri | "Anything Can Happen" | Jason Scerri |
| Jessika | "Unapologetic" | Jessica Muscat, Stefan Moessle |
| John Galea | "Trailblazer" | John Galea |
| Kirstie | "Girls Get Down" | Muxu, Cyprian Cassar |
| Klinsmann | "Piranha" | Mats Ygfors, Robin Svensson, Magdalena Ohlin, Gerard James Borg |
| Lyndsay | "Haunted" | Michael James Down, Will Taylor, Primož Poglajen, Jonas Gladnikoff, Johnny Sanchez, Sara Ljunggren |
| Maria Christina | "Our Flame" | Erik Horvath, Rickard Bonde Truumeel, Ylva Persson, Linda Persson, Emil Calleja Bayliss |
| Maria Debono | "X'allegrija" | Maria Debono |
| Marie Claire | "Thankful" | Thorghy Landgren, Thomas Rodin, Rickard Bonde Truumeel, Ylva Persson, Linda Persson, Emil Calleja Bayliss |
| Mark Anthony Bartolo | "Tears" | Mark Anthony Bartolo |
| Matt Blxck | "Up" | Matthew Caruana, Cyprian Cassar |
| Maxine Pace | "Alone" | Shaun Farrugia, Steve Manovski |
| Mikhail | "Leħen fiċ-ċpar" | Cyprian Cassar, Cliff Casha |
| Nathan | "Creeping Walls" | Dominic Cini, Jonas Gladnikoff, Emil Calleja Bayliss |
| Ryan Hili | "In the Silence" | Aaron Sibley, Natan Dragur, Cyprian Cassar |
| Stefan | "Heartbreaker" | Stefan Galea, Rikki Lee Scicluna, Muxu |
| Stefan Xuereb | "What Do You Want?" | Richard Micallef, Aidan O'Connor |
| The Busker | "Dance (Our Own Party)" | David Meilak, Jean Paul Borg, Sean Meachen, Matthew James Borg, Michael Joe Cini |
Among the selected competing artists are former Eurovision entrants Fabizio Faniello who represented Malta in the 2001 and 2006 contests, Jessika who represented San Marino in the 2018 contest, Francesca Sciberras who represented Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009, and Eliana Gomez Blanco who represented Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019.
TVM has released 30-second snippets of all 40 songs. Watch them in their playlist here: